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A1® MAKE BIG log appearanc^.and were led •' by
Mrs. Mark •; W.; Bushnell, president
of the local Red Gross branch,
jften came v . the members of the
Thompsonvi'lle -Pire Department un­der
the .command of Chief William
J., Hines, jrho made an attractive ap­pearance.
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The second division was led. by
the Liberty drum corpse Maj. John
E.- Kelley leading; then followed in
order the Polish military society,
thje Polish, women's society, Sons; of
Italy, Court Cavour of Italian For­esters,
St. Calogero Society and
Lithuanian Society. The Polish
military society also carried striking
banners.
;:jThe Boy Scouts under command
of Majdr Franklin J. Sheldon led the
'division made up of school children,
all . of whom carried small American
flags. The Boy Scouts turned in over
$5,750 toward the campaign.
The paradeV-after going through
the principal streets of the village,
disbanded on the hotel square where
an open, air rally was held at which
Chairman Lyman A.. Upson made
brief refflarlc^-iri^MVli he congratu­lated
the people of Enfield on exceed­ing
its quota, and said that since the
Revolutionary times, when Captain
Thomas Abbey drummed the people
out of the meeting house on Enfield
street to march to Lexington, En­field
has never been found lacking
in anything pertaining to our coun­try's
cause.
In- closing, he introduced Rev.
Thomas Tyrie, pastor of the Hazard-ville
Methodist Episcopal Church,
who gave a patriotic address on the
war.*, He dwelt on the splendid
TVOfk' being done by the Young Men's
Christian; association, the Knights of
.Cpltimbus, the Red Cross organiza­tion,
; the' Salvation Army with its
200,000 workers, and at the close he
offered a fervent prayer for the sue
cess .of our soldier boys in the
trenches.
The Liberty Chorus under the di­rection
of Denslow King sang patri
otic selections during the exercises
ending with the "Star Spangled Ban­ner,"'
and 'were obliged to respond
to several encores. Previous to the
parade: the Enfield Honor Flag was
SHOWING.,, ,
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'I-'':-'"".' • Karaite Jibst Auspicious Event In
- ^ ToiHru'd Hlstoiry.—School Children
Forartowrtant Division.; Streets
>'v; ^fl0v^!eWlUa«e Thronged With Vis-
•./! ; \ and] Storekeepers do Big Bus:
•1 '• A>ne9S.—-Speeches at t h e S q u a r e . . .
H ^Thpusand'of persons were on hand
; " ' . •' ' ,:t® witness the big i'celebration last
Saturday afternoon in this village .in
• -recognition of the town going over-
_ the T.top in the third Liberty Loan
' -Campaign. It was in '.the' form of. a
, ' . street parade through , the principal
^streets of the town, "followed by
.speech making and singing by the
• Enfield Liberty Chorus.
The parade started shorty .after-3
. J; " " o'clock, amid the ringing of . church
bells and blowing of factory whistles,
V -and was led by Chief of'Pol'lc&E.VJ.-
i-Rogers. and'assistants on the torce
'patrolmen Fleming, Bailes, Barton,
^ Payne, and Fielder, followed by mar-shall
John M. Savage and aides, Ed-
, ' ward Button and Charles Abbe on
;V.-'.vvV:. horses; then followed in order the
U city Band, under the leader-pf
William E. Sayers, which
y . - Tendered some stirring patriotic airs
-.fc -throughout. the.; demonstration; the
"* Enfield Ho.me Guard, an open car-
Tiage containing chairman Lyman
A. Upson of the Liberty Loan Com-wamttwwi
Jni"ee» Bev. Thomas Tyrie of Haz-i'speaker
of the day;
. ' "Admiral" Abraham Cope of the
navy.^arid. "General'?' .Gordon of the
fe' *rmy,'&&m, Which teams were thb
MISHRSjv means-. Ehfield .the.
'toP- The 100 members of the-Lib^
339$ means • of sending .Enfield over the
-top. The "
'erty Lio&ii Conimittee, carrying1?^
from which were, sus-of
Liberty bells came
^ carried several striking
< -% banners bearing inscriptions such as
slacker is the kaiser's back
«r," "Enfield is over the top! Did
you help? We did," "To Enfield's
ij sons in the service—We're back of
•' you to our last dollar," "The kaiser
will come across if you don't"; etc.
The women of the Red Cross fol­lowed
in their working regalia, some
Of_them knitting. They made a strik-v suspended, qcross Main'street.
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., TO "EBNET ERTAINMENT .
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Ent^^roiceiMh Benefit at Majes«
: ^tlC5^iSatre''{May/34; to Go to
the Red Oios8. ;
The program foy the" benefit for
the Red Cross, to be held in Majes­tic
theatre, Friday evening May 24,
is assuming definite form, and it is
hoped to publish it in next week's
issue of The Press.
Every person has donated his or
her services, and also the printing,
publicity, theatre, lights, accompan­ist,
programs, police, and various
others have also donated their serv­ices
and goods, so that the Red
Cross is assured of receiving the
ENTIRE proceeds of this benefit
without any expense whatever being
incurred..
Tickets will go on sale next week,
and can be purchased from members
of the Red Cross, also from members
of the Brussels Club.
Tickets must be exchanged for re­served
seat tickets at Red Cross
rooms on Wednesday, May 22, from
2 to 5 and 7 to 9 in the evening. All
reserved; seat tickets remaining un­exchanged
after that date will be
placed on sale and sold to the gen­eral
public at the theatre box oflice
on the afternoon and evening of the
performance, Friday,^ May 24. ?
WOMAN'S CLUB
EliECTS OFFICERS.
NEW METHODIST PASTOR
MAKES FAVOJtABLE IMPRESSION
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• John ^E.l,3b'twT)uia^\ 'the' vnew
pastor of the .-Methodist Episcopal
•Church, preached his first sermon
Sunday morning in the church. Rev.
Mr. Duxbury spoke on "Resurrection
and the Life Everlasting," and' made
a very favorable - impression on the
large congregation that was present
to greet him.' . He will move his
family to the parsonage at an early
date, or . as soon as his-goods can be
.gotten through from Rhode Island
by freight. In the meantime Mr.
RECEIVES CURIOS
FROM SON IN FRANCE.
yAn-httferesting collection' of curfds
has ;be6n' received by Arthur R.
L'eete from • his son Malcolm, who
has been in France sincle fall with a
unit from Roosevelt Hospital, New
Yorlr. The collectioin: is on display
in the show window of Mr. Leete's
store, and includes many coins of
different denominations, a picture
of Mr. Leete's son in uniform
as Well as a picture of the Roosevelt
Hospital in New York and also in
France; valuable trinkets, small or*
and Mrs. Duxbury will be able to' naments and a German officer's belt,
get along at the partly furnished 011 the buckle of which is the in-parsonage.
Mr. Duxbury also has a scriPtion "Gott mit uns"—"God is
.shore cottage where his family of.with us< .i. .;
"wife and two daughters will be able *
to spend the early summer in case SCHOOL COMMITTEE
the government's transportation of
freight is unreasonably tardy. Rev.
Harvey E. Dorr, former pastor of the
local church, preached his first ser­mon
in his new pastorate in Frank­lin
Church, Brockton, Mass., Sun­day.
Later—As we go to press we learn
that Mr. Dorr has decided not to ac­cept
the Brockton charge which the
Conference asigned to him, but, ac­cording
to report will go to Situate,
Mass., instead, n-;;
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ORDERED TO REPORT
FOR RED CROSS WORK.
Miss Adele Malone, wno has been
.special nurse for the Bigelow-Hart-ford
Carpet Company the past year,
and who enrolled in the Red Cross
nursing service some time ago, re­ceived
lier notice Tuesday from the
Government to report Monday at the
United- States Hospital in New York
for active duty.
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,'ARNING TO SIGN DESTROYERS
|lBv-s,
N.v"
3£.;n<- ,
' •',*!* ' Selectman Epstein has given no­tice
that the person or persons in
Thompsoriville who are de'riving
sport from removing notices and
bulletins from the board near the
trolly waiting station, erected by the
Enfield war bureau, will be punished
to the full extent of the law, and
there is a severe penalty attached to
the removal of such notices from the
official bulletin board. Chief Ro­gers
and his assistants have been or­dered
to keep strict vigilance over
the bulletin boards and to arrest all
those caught in the act of removing
notices and other interesting war
material.
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H. S. Honor Pupils Announced.
Superintendent and Principal of
the Enfield Public Schools Grover C.
man has an'nuonced the vale­dictorian
of the senior i class of the
Enfield High School to be Archer L.
Hurd, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Hurd
of Somers, the salutatorian is Char­les
Slanetz of Hazardville, and third
I'onor wa!s won by Miss Marion Gris-
' mfP woW of Hazardville.
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Gas trusts would be unable .to de­clare
dividends if people didn't have
money to burn.
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?WA man of business makes his
business known; and advertising is
the only way.
RAISES TEACHERS' SALARIES
At a special meeting of the town
School Committee held recently in
the High School building, the ques­tion
of an increase in salaries of
teachers for the nex;t year was dis­cussed,
Upon recommendation of
Superintendent of Schools Grover C.
Bowman, the committee voted to
grant increases in salary sufficient
to retain practically all of the pres­ent
teaching staff. The superin­tendent
was instructed to engage
teachers for next year at the new
salaries.
Former Local Man Gassed in France
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Burgess of
East Longmeadow, formerly of this
village, have received a letter from
their son, Private Maurice Burgess,
who is with L. Co., 102nd Inf., in
France. He writes that he has been
in the trenches and was gassed the
17 th of March and has been in the
hospital ever since, but has nearly
recovered with the exception of his
eyes.
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GIVEN SURPRISE PARTY
A pleasant little surprise party
was given Miss Dorothy Clayton at
her home last Thursday evening, in
honor of her birthday, by the Girls'
Friendly Society, of which she is a
member. The evening was spent
with vocal and instrumental music,
and recitations. Refreshments were
served, and the,party broke up at a
late hour, all reporting a vejy en­joyable
time.
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Will Report for Red Cross Work
May 15th.
Miss Elizabeth O'Connor, a grad­uate
of the Mercy Hospital, Spring­field,
Mass., has received word from
the Government that her application
for enlistment in Red Cross work
has been accepted, and that she is to
report for service May loth. Miss
O'Connor is the daughter of Mr. ana
Mrs. Michael O'Connor of Pleasant
street.
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Local Man Now Cook in Ariny.'
Private Thomas F. D'Arsey of
Scitico, who lias been attending the
B. & C. School, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex., has been made a cook of the
Headquarters Company, 19th F. A.,
at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas.
' The Woman's Club of Enfield have
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Mrs. Wil­liam
A. Bridge; vice-president, Mrs.
Alvah S. Brainard; secretary, Mrs.
Harvey C. Brainard; treasurer, Mrs.
Frederick E. Hunter; auditor, Mrs.
Mathew F. Leggett; directors,. Mrs.
Allyn G. Bridge, Mrs. Horace B.
Brainard, Mrs. Charles H. Willson
and the Misses Marion Storrs, Louise
Morrison and Jullaette Parsons. The
delegates to the state federation
meeting elected were: Mrs. William
A. Bridge, Mrs Harvey C. Brainard,
Miss Louise Morrison; alternates,
Mrs. John A. Best and Miss Julla­ette
Parsons. The chairmen 'of the
various committees are as follows:
Civics, Miss Marlon Storrs; current
events, Miss Ethel M, Darling; en­tertainment,
Miss Edna Morrison;
press and publicity, Mrs. H. C.
Brainard; literary, Mrs. William J.
Mulligan; educational, Mrs Mathew
F. Leggett, and music, Mrs. Denslow
King. *
, The club has a membership of 83
and has purchased Liberty Bonds to
the value of^?150.00.
• LANDRY j QJLTELIJETTE.
;.:;tpretty wedding took place in St.
Patrick's: Church yesterday. morning
at 9 o'clock when ;M1BS Mary Landry
daughter of Mr. ahd, Mrs. Call Lan­dry
of Garden strefet, was married to
Donald Quellette of Springfield. De­spite
the inclement weather an un­usually
large number of friends and
relatives were present in the church.
Rev. Thomas J. Preston, pastor of
the church, performed the marriage
ceremony and also celebrated the
nuptial high mass, which followed.
As the bridal party entered the
church the Lohengrin wedding march
was played by the organist Miss Do-rilda
Castonguay, and for the reces­sional
the Mendelssohn march was
played. During the mass selections
were sung by Mrs. Frederick R. Fu-rey
and John L. Sullivan.
The bride wore a gown of white
crepe de chine trimmed with geor­gette
crepe and pearls, fuli length
tulle veil, and carried an arm clus
ter of Easter lilies. Miss Jane Lan­dry,
sister of the bride, was brides­maid,
and word a gown of lemon
colored silk crepe with pearl and
bead trimmings, a white picture hat
and carried an arm bouquet of tea
roses. The best man was William
Proteau of Hartford.
Immediately after the church cer­emony
a reception and wedding
breakfast were held at the home of
the bride's parents on Garden street
at which many relatives and friends
were present.
The young couple were the recip­ients
of a beautiful assortment of
gifts, including, gold pieces, checks,
cut glass, china and silverware.
Mr. and Mrs. Quellette left during
the morning for a trip to Boston, and
upon their return will reside on
North .street in Springfield, where
they will be at home to their friends
after June 1.
PUT IN WORD "AMERICAN."
Post-Office Department1 Order as to
. Addresses When Writing to •;
.V'.is Soldiers.
Mail addressed to members of the
American expeditionary force in
France should have the word
"American" written or spelled in
full so that in the address the desig­nation
will read "American E. F..'
according to\a request made Tuesday
by the post office authorities. The
new order is deemed necessary in or­der
to distinguish American mail
from that adressed to the expedi­tionary
forces of other countries.
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RECRUITS WANTED FOR TANK
SERVICE IN FRANCE.
A special drive for recruits for the
tank corps unit of the United States
Army will be made in Hartford Fri­day
and Saturday of this week. Men
of good physique and special quali
fications are promised early service
in France. Applications should be
made at the War Service Exchange
in Hartford—room 25 State Capitol,
telephone Bushnell 50.
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Made Corporal in France.
Friends of Arthur Arsenault, who
is a member of Company F. of the
102d Regiment, now in France, have
received letters from him in which
he states that he has been made a
corporal. Corporal Arsenault also
states in his letter that all the local
boys are well and in good spirits.
Thompsonville has nearly seventy-five
men with this regiment and as
far as can be learned only three of
them have been slightly wounded.
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WANT NAMES OF ELECTORS
OF TOWN IN THE SERVICE.
The state authorities have notified
Town Clerk J. Hamilton Potter to
forward to them as soon as possible
the correct address of all the regis­tered
electors in the Town of Enfield
who are now in the service of the
United States. About 80 of - the,
young soldiers are registered elect­ors
in Enfield, and the town clerk
requests that the parents or relatives
send in their correct addresses at
their earliest convenience. This in­formation
is desired in conformity
to the election law adopted at the
recent special session of the Connec­ticut
General Assembly.
NORTH RIVER STREET FRACAS.
Mrs. John Gabba Assaulted by Neigh-
• bor With An Ax Monday ^
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"Mrs. John Gabba of North River
street is confined to her home with
a severe wound as the result of be­ing
struck on the head with an ax by
Antonio Rossi, a neighbor, early
Monday morning. v; - ,
The assault on Mrs. Gabba was
the result of a series of family rows
which started Sunday over a small
boundary line separating the front
gardens of'Rossi and John Gabba on
North River street. Rossi, armed
with an ax, went to the home of John
Gabba about 5.30 o'clock Monday
morning to settle the dispute, and
when he reached the Gabba home he
first broke down the fence and then
smashed the front door in. Mrs.
Gabba happened to be the first per­son
he met on entering the house,
and it is alleged he dealt her a se­vere
blow on the head with the ax,
and the physician who was called
was required to take several stitches
to close the wound. After the as­sault
Rossi made his escape, but was
located by the Springfield police
Monday evening in Springfield where
he- was arrested. He was tried in
the 'Enfield t"wn court yesterday
morning on the char tee of assault
with a dangerous weapon and de­stroying
property. He was ?.equat­ed
on the assault f^arge. He was
fined 525 and costs, amounting to
$40.07, which lie paid. Tho triql
lasted from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Ter-escio
Marinaccio, court interpreter,
found it very hard to interpret what
Gabba and his witnesses had to say
a3 they were in a highly excited and
nervous state.
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, HAMEL - LYONS.
Misc Kilda Hamel of Hartford, for­merly
of this place, and William B.
Lyons, brother of Mrs. Thomas A.
Reilly of Church street, this village,
were married Monday morning in
St. Anne's -Church, Hartford, by Rev.
H. Decelles, pastor of the 'church,
who also celebrated the nuptial high
mass which followed in the presence
of a large gathering of relatives and
friends.
The soloists were John L. Sulli­van
of this village, who sang "O,
Promise Me," and Miss Elizabeth
Marshall of Hertford, a cousin of
the bride, who sang "Ave Maria;"
The bride was attended by Miss
Helen Hogan of Hartford and the
best man was Louis Hamel; brother
of the bride.
The bride wore a traveling suit of
beaver-colored silk and a large pict­ure
hat of light blue, and carried
bride roses and lilies, of the valley.
The bridesmaid wore a gown of king
blue with hat to match, and wore a
corsage bouquet of violets.
Following the church ceremony a
reception -was held at the bride's
home, at which about 50 guests were
present, including many from this
place. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons left dur­ing
the morning for a trip to Atlantic
City and Philadelphia and upon their
return will live in Hartford boule­vard.
ANOTHER THOMPSONVILLE
SOLDIER SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Pershing- Club to Bo Formed.
A Pershing Club is to be organized
in. town among subscribers to the
Third Liberty Loan. The idea of
the club is to have every person a
member who has bought a second
bond of the third, issue, and those
names will be forwarded to Gen.
Pershing in France as an indication
that the people are back of the
American forces to a finish. Mem­bers
will wear a red ribbon badge
under their Liberty Loan button, and
the badges can be secured from
Walter P. Schwabe, chairman of the
publicity committee., :
LYONS - FUREY WEDDING.
A wedding of much local interest
took place last week Wednesday
morning in St. Patrick's Church
when Miss Teresa Mae Lyons, daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Lyons
of 30 School street, was married to
William Aloysius Furey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William A. Furey of Spring
street. The ceremony was perform­ed
at 9 o'clock by Rev. William F.
O'Brien, assistant pastor, who also
celebrated the nuptial mass which
followed in the presence of a large
gathering of relatives and friends.
During the mass selections were
sung by St. Patrick's Church choir
of which the bridegroom is a mem­ber,
the soloists being Mrs. Fred R.
Furey, a relative of the bridegroom,
and John L. Sullivan.
The bride was attended by Miss
Bessie Furey, sister of the groom,
and the best man was Francis Hen-neberry,
a cousin of the bride.
The bride wore a gown of white
silk poplin and georgette crepe,
trimmed with pearls and wore a full
length tulle veil' caught up with
lilies of the valley. She carried a
shower bouquet of twenty Bride
roses. Her attendant wore a gown
of robbins' egg blue satin and large
picture hat. She carried a basket of
sweet peas. Following the church
ceremony a reception was held at
the home of the bride's parents in
School street at which nearly seven­ty-
five guests were present.
The young couple were the recip­ients
of a beautiful assortment of
gifts, including silver, china, cut
glass, checks, gold pieces and vari­ous
other useful articles.
Mr. and Mrs. Furey left in the af­ternoon
for Worcester and Boston
where the honeymoon was spent.
They are now at home to friends at
the home of the bride's parents. The
bridegroom is employed as a clerk in
the grocery and meat store of T. J.
Mulligan and the bride's father is
an overseer for the Bigelow-Hartford
Carpet Corporation.
Engagement Announced.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Lily Barber, teacher in the West
Wallop school, and Leon W. Neelans
of Wallop. The wedding will take
dace in West Springfield on May 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Theisse of
Elm street received word last Thurs­day
night from the War Department
that their son, Mechanic Charles O.
Theisse, a member of H. Co., 102nd
Infantry, was slightly wounded in
action April 16. . Mr. Theisse was 31
years old and before enlisting in
Hartford last May was employed by
his brother on his ice route. Short­ly
before the telegram was received
from the War Department announc­ing
his wounds, his parents received
three letters, the last under date of
March 28, in which he. said he had
been in the trenches but was enjoy­ing
a rest period before returning
f o r a n o t h e r t o u r o f d u t y . . . . .
"Ttiis makes the third Thompson-"
ville man reported wounded since
the Connecticut regiment went to
France.
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KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY
FALL FROM LADDER
More than 3,000 persons, includ­ing
relatives and friends, were on
hand at the railroad station Friday
morning ' to see the fifty selected
young men from this district off for
Camp Upton, Yaphank, L. I. The
Enfield members of the group were
given comfort kits by the local Red
Cross.- Raymond E. Blackburn of
Suffield was captain and Frank A..
Paradise of Hazardville, Patrick F.
Stack of Thompsonville, Richard M.
Summercorn of Windsor and John
Colson of Suffield were named as
lieutenants.
The names of the young men who
went away are: Angelo Presiuso,
John Novak, Giovanni Valentine,
Raymond A. York, Lencioli Sente,
Albert C. 'Sweeton, Steafano Muric-chio,
Joseph Wolkowski, William A.
Flamig, Patrick F. Stack, Frank A.
Paradise, Joseph May, Wilfred J.
Starr, Attilio Barbieri, William Per­ry,
Raymond E. Blackburn, Tony
Lapinski, Angelo Rossetti John Pie-troforte,
Maximillian Syaricki, John
A. Murphy, Richard M, Summercorn,
Vincenzo Greco, Atilliaro Patrevita,
William Edelman, Mortimer R. Bris­tol,
Frank Brewer, George Crabtree,
John Winiarski, Abele Guilliani, Col-ogero
Scalia, Arthur J. Bedard, Wm.
McNasli, George B. Lynch, Rossario
Pititteri, Andrea Pesitano, Fred A.
While, Edward S. Farquahar, New­ton
T. Phelon, Herbert G. Richards,
Tames Oliphant, Joseph Brazdekis,
Clyde L. McCauley, Bert Edwards,
William A. Coulson, John Shotz,
i'bomas E. Ryan, Armard Patecch-
•i.o. John H. Colson, John J. Conley.
The following young men, 22 in
all, left yesterday morning on the
8.05 train for^.Fort Slocum: Philip E.
Tanguay of Thompsonville, Gus Ol­son
of Simsbury, Rokus Tamasaukas
of Thompsonville, Charles Bishop of
Melrose, Luigi C. Giovona of Wind­sor
Locks, Harold F. Holcomb of
Simsbury William F. Sheehan
Windsor Locks, Frank Violo
Windsor Locks, Herbert Neher
Wilson, Charles H. Schaedlich
Broad Brook, John W. Ryan of Ad­ams,
Mass., William Cain of Suffield,
Elmer R. Knot of Southwick, Mass.,
Joseph, F. Biishnell of Windsor, Wm.
Wenger of Windsor Locks, Victor
Inshevitz of South Weymouth, Mass.
William A. Buckley of Windsor
Locks, Vincenzo Rinaldi of Thomp­sonville,
Philip A. Parmelee of .West
Granby.
Despite the inclement weather
many relatives and friends were on
hand to bid them God-speed.
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MECHANICS GO TO BOSTON.
Last evening. John B. Garside, a
rug dealer of Pearl street, was ren­dered
unconscious when he fell from
a ladder in his rug display room.
Mr. Garside was showing Mr. and
Mrs. N. P. Palmer of Enfield street
some rugs when he fell, and they at
once summoned local physicians who
gave medical aid. Mr. Garside soon
recovered consciousness after the
doctors arrived but is suffering from
cuts on the head and an injury to his
shoulder.
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MISSION TO OPEN NEXT SUNDAY
AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
At the 10.30 o'clock service in St.
Patrick's Church Sunday morning
a special two weeks' mission will
open, to be in charge of the Paulist
Fathers. The first week will be for
women of the parish and the second
week for men. During the mission
the Paulist Fathers will give special
sermons each evening at 7.30 o'clock
in the church and all are cordially
invited to attend the same.
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MR. MULLIGAN IN FRANCE.
Mrs. Wm. J. Mulligan of Franklin
street received a cablegram Tuesday
evening from her husband, attorney
Wm. J. Mulligan, announcing his
safe arrival in France. Mr. Mulli­gan,
who is supreme director of the
Knights of Columbus, was a member
of a party made up of other Knights
of Columbus officials who left an
Atlantic port about two weeks ago
to engage in Knights of Columbus
war relief work in France.
ACCEPTS NEW CHARGE.
Rev. David L. Sanford has resign­ed
his position as head master of St.
Bernard's school in Gladstone, Pa.
and has accepted a call as rector of
an Episcopal church in Concord, Pa.
Mrs. Sanford left last Saturday for
her new home in Concord after a two
weeks stay with her mother, Mrs.
Charles H. Briscoe of Prospect st.
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Camp Fire Girls to Give Play.
The "Ho-He Clia-" Camp Fire
Girls of the First Presbyterian
Church have completed arrange­ments
for the presenting of the play
"Any Girl," in the chapel of the
church next Tuesday evening.
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TRIPLES ITS QUOTA.
The town of Somers has nearly trip­led
its quota in the third Liberty
Loan campaign. The town's quota
was $19,000, and subscriptions so
far, including what the Boy Scouts
have, turned ' in and the village of
Pomersville has subscribed, total
$3S,500. The Boy Scouts will con­tinue
their solicitations and a larger
subscription is expected
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"IT MAKES A FELLOW FEEL&fs?;
GOOD TO GET THE PAPER ^ ; v
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Somewhere in France, '
April 3, 1918.
Editor of The Press:
I am taking pleasure in writing
you these few lines from . sunny
France, to let you know that after
three months that I have been out
here doing my bit for the good old
U. S. A. I have received the Thomp­sonville
Press for the first time, and
believe me, it makes a rellow feel
good to get the paper from his home
town; it sure made me feel, good af­ter
being away from Thompsonville
so long to see my name on the Honor
Roll with the rest of thfe boys.
While reading the paper, it
brought back all memories of the
good old town, and I felt as if I was
back home; it makes a fellow feel
good to get his home town paper
and get all the news of what is going
on back home.
I also -wish to say that I am the
only Thompsonvile boy in this camp.
As I just received a letter from my
sister stating that some of my
friends don't believe that I am al­ready
in France, I would like to have
them write to me and I would be
glad to correspond with them, and
would be glad to let them know that
I am over here going on four months.
Thanking ypu, I remain
Pvt. Vincent J. Mistretta, : •"
Q.M.C., 5th Co., M.R.S. 302
A.P.O., 708, A. E. Force,
jT v '' via New York.
Enclosed with the above was the
following expression of "memories"
right from this soldier boy's heart:
"Last night as I was on guard
While walking my post, ^
I could picture the old home :
Far across the sea.
I could picture my dear old mother
Sitting by the fire side - ..
Wondering of her boy,
Who is somewhere in France.
I could picture my dear daddy
My brothers and my sister,
I could picture my dearest sweetheart
That I left behind. ; v
I could picture the old friends, ,y
And that dearest little town—
My dearest little home town: '
Dear old Thompsonville." %
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Theobald J. Hallam, Francis J.
Lloyd and Samuel Raymond Epstein
were sent by the local draft board to
Parker Memorial School in Boston
yesterday where they will receive
two months special training and then
will be sent "Overseas." This is
the second division of men who vol­unteered
their services. The other
division went last month. The local
volunteers were accompanied by Ed­ward
E. Bailey of Warehouse Point
and Arthur E. Illing of Simsbury.
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COLORED DRAFTEES
DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Sixteen colored registrants left
esterday for Camp Devens. Many
relatives and friends were on hand
o bid them farewell.
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GTRL SCOUT TROOP FORMED.
A girl scout troop has been organ­ized
among the younger girls of En­field
street, to be known as 1st Com­pany,
Enfield Girl Scouts. The Com­pany
has 16 members and the books
are open for as many more as want
to join. Applications may be hand­ed
to the captain or lieutenant. Miss
Hazel Ashe is captain, Miss
kita Welch is scribe, Miss Thayer,
patrol leader. The flower of the
company is wisteria.
Daring cne summer the regular
-ratings of the Girl Scouts will be
held in Whitney pavilion but this
evening tnere will De a special meet­ing
at the home of Miss Hazel Ashe,
at which- the tender foot tests will
be perfected.
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Purpose of the Sabbath.
Rev. Francis W. Dell, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, toolc for
the subject of his sermon Sunday
morning April 23rd "The Divine
Purpose in the Sabbath Day." The
two principal reasons that prompted
the sermon at this time. Rev. Mr.
Dell said, was the fact that recent
efforts to have public Sunday enter­tainments
have been made here, and
the other the fact that with the nice
spring weather aproaching there may
be a tendency to stay away from
church.
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WAR STAMPS HOLD MARK.
The sales of war savings and
thrift stamps in town are holding up
well throughout the campaign for
Liberty Loan Bonds, as shown by the
report of the sale for the week at
the post office, which amounted to
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Appreciates The Press. . -
Somewhere in France,
iMarch 14, 1918
Editor of The Press:
I have been receiving The Press . •
very regularly and want to thank
you very much for your kindness.
It certainly does seem good to pick "
up the paper in my spare moments ' i|p
and learn of the good work of our
little town. -;. %||
My time is pretty well occupied
now that we are located somewhere
on the Western Front. When we »'Wis
are not firing we are doing some- 4§i
thing all the time to improve our . ,(I*i
gun position, and then our whole ''
section has to stand guard once in
four nights. Our worst enemy is
the gas. The "Bosche" have tried
to gas us several times but the wind
has been in our favor every time.
The aeroplanes are also doing their
best to locate us, but owing to the
camouflage I think they haven't ^®f§|
found us yet.
Every day there are air battles
over head which result in one or
two of the machines being brought
down. I've seen • several planes
brought down with the anti-aircraft y
guns since we have been here.
Kindly thank the Red Cross s%
through The Press, for the package ii.
I received from them. The socks,
helmet, etc., come in mighty handy •«,
as the nights ahd early mornings are <
real cold, but the days are very much
like June weather. In the after- v;
noon the boys are all around in their
shirt sleeves.
Thanking you again for The Press
1 am, yours truly,
Pvt. John Mellor, '
Battery A, 103d F. A.,
A. E. F., France.
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Somewhere in France,
March 9, 1918.
Editor of The Press:
Through The Press I desire to ex­press
my thanks and sincere grati­tude
for the splendid comfort kit I
have received from the Red Cross of...
Enfield, and I wish the Chapter ion— :A%$jSw
tinued success in the good work .it
has undertaken. All the boys are ' "'fM
O. K. and in the best of health. - •
Sincerely,
Pvt. William R. Slamon,
Co. L., 102d Reg. Inf. A. E. F.
In the same mail The Press receiv­ed
from Pvt. Slamon the following:
"A well known boy from Thompson­ville
was gassed March 17, and taken
to the Hospital in (delete by
censor.)
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To Hold Food /uid Apron Sale.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will
hold a food and apron sale next week
Thursday afternoon from 2.30 to
15.30 o'clock the church parlors.
Connecticut River Shad Fishing; 5 ]
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Shad fishing in the Connecticut' g
river was legally begun at midnight
Tuesday night. The first day's f
catch as reported from down river
points, was light. Net owners along ;f§||
the Long Island shore had better re- j
suits than the river fishermen. ; j-?fS
First to Join Pershing Club.
J. Francis Browne was the first to w
join the Pershing Club, having
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A1® MAKE BIG log appearanc^.and were led •' by
Mrs. Mark •; W.; Bushnell, president
of the local Red Gross branch,
jften came v . the members of the
Thompsonvi'lle -Pire Department un­der
the .command of Chief William
J., Hines, jrho made an attractive ap­pearance.
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The second division was led. by
the Liberty drum corpse Maj. John
E.- Kelley leading; then followed in
order the Polish military society,
thje Polish, women's society, Sons; of
Italy, Court Cavour of Italian For­esters,
St. Calogero Society and
Lithuanian Society. The Polish
military society also carried striking
banners.
;:jThe Boy Scouts under command
of Majdr Franklin J. Sheldon led the
'division made up of school children,
all . of whom carried small American
flags. The Boy Scouts turned in over
$5,750 toward the campaign.
The paradeV-after going through
the principal streets of the village,
disbanded on the hotel square where
an open, air rally was held at which
Chairman Lyman A.. Upson made
brief refflarlc^-iri^MVli he congratu­lated
the people of Enfield on exceed­ing
its quota, and said that since the
Revolutionary times, when Captain
Thomas Abbey drummed the people
out of the meeting house on Enfield
street to march to Lexington, En­field
has never been found lacking
in anything pertaining to our coun­try's
cause.
In- closing, he introduced Rev.
Thomas Tyrie, pastor of the Hazard-ville
Methodist Episcopal Church,
who gave a patriotic address on the
war.*, He dwelt on the splendid
TVOfk' being done by the Young Men's
Christian; association, the Knights of
.Cpltimbus, the Red Cross organiza­tion,
; the' Salvation Army with its
200,000 workers, and at the close he
offered a fervent prayer for the sue
cess .of our soldier boys in the
trenches.
The Liberty Chorus under the di­rection
of Denslow King sang patri
otic selections during the exercises
ending with the "Star Spangled Ban­ner,"'
and 'were obliged to respond
to several encores. Previous to the
parade: the Enfield Honor Flag was
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- ^ ToiHru'd Hlstoiry.—School Children
Forartowrtant Division.; Streets
>'v; ^fl0v^!eWlUa«e Thronged With Vis-
•./! ; \ and] Storekeepers do Big Bus:
•1 '• A>ne9S.—-Speeches at t h e S q u a r e . . .
H ^Thpusand'of persons were on hand
; " ' . •' ' ,:t® witness the big i'celebration last
Saturday afternoon in this village .in
• -recognition of the town going over-
_ the T.top in the third Liberty Loan
' -Campaign. It was in '.the' form of. a
, ' . street parade through , the principal
^streets of the town, "followed by
.speech making and singing by the
• Enfield Liberty Chorus.
The parade started shorty .after-3
. J; " " o'clock, amid the ringing of . church
bells and blowing of factory whistles,
V -and was led by Chief of'Pol'lc&E.VJ.-
i-Rogers. and'assistants on the torce
'patrolmen Fleming, Bailes, Barton,
^ Payne, and Fielder, followed by mar-shall
John M. Savage and aides, Ed-
, ' ward Button and Charles Abbe on
;V.-'.vvV:. horses; then followed in order the
U city Band, under the leader-pf
William E. Sayers, which
y . - Tendered some stirring patriotic airs
-.fc -throughout. the.; demonstration; the
"* Enfield Ho.me Guard, an open car-
Tiage containing chairman Lyman
A. Upson of the Liberty Loan Com-wamttwwi
Jni"ee» Bev. Thomas Tyrie of Haz-i'speaker
of the day;
. ' "Admiral" Abraham Cope of the
navy.^arid. "General'?' .Gordon of the
fe' *rmy,'&&m, Which teams were thb
MISHRSjv means-. Ehfield .the.
'toP- The 100 members of the-Lib^
339$ means • of sending .Enfield over the
-top. The "
'erty Lio&ii Conimittee, carrying1?^
from which were, sus-of
Liberty bells came
^ carried several striking
< -% banners bearing inscriptions such as
slacker is the kaiser's back
«r," "Enfield is over the top! Did
you help? We did," "To Enfield's
ij sons in the service—We're back of
•' you to our last dollar," "The kaiser
will come across if you don't"; etc.
The women of the Red Cross fol­lowed
in their working regalia, some
Of_them knitting. They made a strik-v suspended, qcross Main'street.
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: ^tlC5^iSatre''{May/34; to Go to
the Red Oios8. ;
The program foy the" benefit for
the Red Cross, to be held in Majes­tic
theatre, Friday evening May 24,
is assuming definite form, and it is
hoped to publish it in next week's
issue of The Press.
Every person has donated his or
her services, and also the printing,
publicity, theatre, lights, accompan­ist,
programs, police, and various
others have also donated their serv­ices
and goods, so that the Red
Cross is assured of receiving the
ENTIRE proceeds of this benefit
without any expense whatever being
incurred..
Tickets will go on sale next week,
and can be purchased from members
of the Red Cross, also from members
of the Brussels Club.
Tickets must be exchanged for re­served
seat tickets at Red Cross
rooms on Wednesday, May 22, from
2 to 5 and 7 to 9 in the evening. All
reserved; seat tickets remaining un­exchanged
after that date will be
placed on sale and sold to the gen­eral
public at the theatre box oflice
on the afternoon and evening of the
performance, Friday,^ May 24. ?
WOMAN'S CLUB
EliECTS OFFICERS.
NEW METHODIST PASTOR
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pastor of the .-Methodist Episcopal
•Church, preached his first sermon
Sunday morning in the church. Rev.
Mr. Duxbury spoke on "Resurrection
and the Life Everlasting," and' made
a very favorable - impression on the
large congregation that was present
to greet him.' . He will move his
family to the parsonage at an early
date, or . as soon as his-goods can be
.gotten through from Rhode Island
by freight. In the meantime Mr.
RECEIVES CURIOS
FROM SON IN FRANCE.
yAn-httferesting collection' of curfds
has ;be6n' received by Arthur R.
L'eete from • his son Malcolm, who
has been in France sincle fall with a
unit from Roosevelt Hospital, New
Yorlr. The collectioin: is on display
in the show window of Mr. Leete's
store, and includes many coins of
different denominations, a picture
of Mr. Leete's son in uniform
as Well as a picture of the Roosevelt
Hospital in New York and also in
France; valuable trinkets, small or*
and Mrs. Duxbury will be able to' naments and a German officer's belt,
get along at the partly furnished 011 the buckle of which is the in-parsonage.
Mr. Duxbury also has a scriPtion "Gott mit uns"—"God is
.shore cottage where his family of.with us< .i. .;
"wife and two daughters will be able *
to spend the early summer in case SCHOOL COMMITTEE
the government's transportation of
freight is unreasonably tardy. Rev.
Harvey E. Dorr, former pastor of the
local church, preached his first ser­mon
in his new pastorate in Frank­lin
Church, Brockton, Mass., Sun­day.
Later—As we go to press we learn
that Mr. Dorr has decided not to ac­cept
the Brockton charge which the
Conference asigned to him, but, ac­cording
to report will go to Situate,
Mass., instead, n-;;
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ORDERED TO REPORT
FOR RED CROSS WORK.
Miss Adele Malone, wno has been
.special nurse for the Bigelow-Hart-ford
Carpet Company the past year,
and who enrolled in the Red Cross
nursing service some time ago, re­ceived
lier notice Tuesday from the
Government to report Monday at the
United- States Hospital in New York
for active duty.
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Somewhere in France, '
April 3, 1918.
Editor of The Press:
I am taking pleasure in writing
you these few lines from . sunny
France, to let you know that after
three months that I have been out
here doing my bit for the good old
U. S. A. I have received the Thomp­sonville
Press for the first time, and
believe me, it makes a rellow feel
good to get the paper from his home
town; it sure made me feel, good af­ter
being away from Thompsonville
so long to see my name on the Honor
Roll with the rest of thfe boys.
While reading the paper, it
brought back all memories of the
good old town, and I felt as if I was
back home; it makes a fellow feel
good to get his home town paper
and get all the news of what is going
on back home.
I also -wish to say that I am the
only Thompsonvile boy in this camp.
As I just received a letter from my
sister stating that some of my
friends don't believe that I am al­ready
in France, I would like to have
them write to me and I would be
glad to correspond with them, and
would be glad to let them know that
I am over here going on four months.
Thanking ypu, I remain
Pvt. Vincent J. Mistretta, : •"
Q.M.C., 5th Co., M.R.S. 302
A.P.O., 708, A. E. Force,
jT v '' via New York.
Enclosed with the above was the
following expression of "memories"
right from this soldier boy's heart:
"Last night as I was on guard
While walking my post, ^
I could picture the old home :
Far across the sea.
I could picture my dear old mother
Sitting by the fire side - ..
Wondering of her boy,
Who is somewhere in France.
I could picture my dear daddy
My brothers and my sister,
I could picture my dearest sweetheart
That I left behind. ; v
I could picture the old friends, ,y
And that dearest little town—
My dearest little home town: '
Dear old Thompsonville." %
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